The article examines four statues or fragments of statues which were discovered between 1958 and 1959 in via del Lauro in Milano, close to the Augustan walls and a rectangular hall with an internal apse. They are an Augustan adult togate, a fragment of a shoulder of a late first century AD cuirassed statue, a colossal arm and a late Julio-Claudian or Flavian togate boy wearing bulla.These statues are heterogeneous and only two have been found together in the foundation of a tower added to the walls in the second half of the third century. It therefore seems difficult to think that they could have belonged to a unitary group and in particular to the decoration of the apsidal hall. This hall does not appear to have hosted the ‘imperial cult’ but probably serves as headquarters of an important local collegium.
The ambiguity of the origin of the sculptures. The fragments of statues from via del Lauro in Milan and the adjacent apsidal hall
Cadario M.
2022-01-01
Abstract
The article examines four statues or fragments of statues which were discovered between 1958 and 1959 in via del Lauro in Milano, close to the Augustan walls and a rectangular hall with an internal apse. They are an Augustan adult togate, a fragment of a shoulder of a late first century AD cuirassed statue, a colossal arm and a late Julio-Claudian or Flavian togate boy wearing bulla.These statues are heterogeneous and only two have been found together in the foundation of a tower added to the walls in the second half of the third century. It therefore seems difficult to think that they could have belonged to a unitary group and in particular to the decoration of the apsidal hall. This hall does not appear to have hosted the ‘imperial cult’ but probably serves as headquarters of an important local collegium.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
